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Masks (Comedy & Tragedy)

COMEDY & TRAGEDY MASKS - Two symbolic masks are traditionally associated with drama, to represent the generic division between comedy and tragedy. They are symbols of the ancient Greek Muses, Thalia and Melpomene, the Muse of comedy represented by the laughing face, and the Muse of tragedy represented by the weeping face, respectively.   Usually depicted on headstones of drama and theater actors. 

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Ivy

IVY - Represents Friendship and Immortality, because it stays forever green.  Being an evergreen plant it also represents eternity, fidelity, and strong affectionate attachment.

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United Methodist Clergy

HORSE AND RIDER ON GLOBE (UNITED METHODIST CLERGY) - Circuit rider is a popular term referring to clergy in the earliest years of the United States who were assigned to travel around specific geographic territories to minister to settlers and organize congregations. Circuit riders were clergy in the Methodist Episcopal Church and related denominations.

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Doctor of Medicine

MEDICAL DOCTOR - The image of serpents wrapped around a staff is a familiar one in the medical field, however the ancient emblem actually has quite a story behind it.

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Doctor of Dentistry

DR. OF DENTISTRY - The emblem of dentistry is taken from Ascepius, a Greek god of medicine and healing. His symbol is a physician's staff and a snake wrapped around it.

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Heart, Double

DOUBLE HEARTS - Stylized hearts stand for the love and affection of the living for the dead. Two joined hearts on a stone mark a marriage.

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Heart, Single

SINGLE HEART - Represents the love and affection of the living for the deceased.

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Hourglass

HOURGLASS - The hourglass is symbolic to time's inevitable passing.  The hourglass is a symbol of death, the end of time on Earth, but also a symbol of rebirth and new beginnings when turned over.  The winged hourglass is symbolic of man's fleeting time on Earth. 

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Horse, White

WHITE HORSE - Depending on the culture, white horses symbolize purity, heroism or death. White is the rarest color of horse, and white horses have been associated with nobility in chivalry, with the sun in Greek mythology and with the end of the world in Christianity. They are often guides between the worlds of the living and of the dead. The white horse is the traditional steed of a good god or hero, and it is the only creature pure enough to bear the hero to triumph over evil. ​

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Skull, Human

HUMAN SKULL -  The most common symbolic use of the skull is as a representation of death and mortality.  The skull was popular during the Seventeenth-Century known as "death's head".   A death's head, often with wings and/or crossed bones, was a stylized skull.  Some have speculated that winged skulls were intended to symbolize a combination of physical death and spiritual regeneration.

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